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each agency: composed of seven other UN entities: International Labor Organization (ILO), International
Trade Centre (ITC), UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), United Nations Development
Program (UNDP), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United
Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and World Trade Organization (WTO), open to
other agencies.
 2010 - LDC IV High-Level Preparatory Meeting on Tourism for LDCs, in Caen, France, resulting in Caen
Recommendations.
 2011 - The Fourth UN Conference on the LDCs, in Istanbul, Turkey, followed by Istanbul Declaration and
the adoption of the Programme of Action (PoA) for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2011-
2020, with a strong focus on developing their productive capacities. The SCTD organized a Joint Tourism
Special Event Titled “Promoting Tourism for Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction.”
 2012 - The UNWTO seminar on ST-EP for Arab Countries, in Granada (Spain).
 2013 - The UNDP’s MDG Conference in Bogota, Colombia, to discuss how best to accelerate efforts for the
MDGs ahead of the 2015 target date.